Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 75
TÜİK · ADNKS 2020The most common surnames in Ardahan 2020
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Ardahan is Yılmaz: 3,087 people in 2020. Yıldız is second with 2,384. Yılmaz has led Ardahan every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
Which surnames are most common in Ardahan in 2020?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 3,087 | 32.1 | 1 |
| 02 | Yıldız | 2,384 | 24.8 | 5 |
| 03 | Çelik | 2,055 | 21.4 | 4 |
| 04 | Kaya | 1,827 | 19.0 | 2 |
| 05 | Kılıç | 1,548 | 16.1 | 13 |
| 06 | Öztürk | 1,315 | 13.7 | 8 |
| 07 | Demir | 1,228 | 12.8 | 3 |
| 08 | Avşar | 1,183 | 12.3 | – |
| 09 | Aydın | 1,078 | 11.2 | 9 |
| 10 | Koç | 1,024 | 10.6 | 18 |
| 11 | Yıldırım | 929 | 9.7 | 7 |
| 12 | Gökçe | 873 | 9.1 | – |
| 13 | Aktaş | 856 | 8.9 | 30 |
| 14 | Morkoç | 758 | 7.9 | – |
| 15 | Demirci | 694 | 7.2 | – |
| 16 | Polat | 679 | 7.1 | 19 |
| 17 | Özer | 644 | 6.7 | – |
| 18 | Aydemir | 633 | 6.6 | – |
| 19 | Bozkurt | 569 | 5.9 | – |
| 20 | Karataş | 524 | 5.4 | – |
| 21 | Işık | 519 | 5.4 | – |
| 22 | Özdemir | 515 | 5.4 | 10 |
| 23 | Koçak | 510 | 5.3 | – |
| 24 | Çoban | 503 | 5.2 | – |
| 25 | Aktürk | 486 | 5.1 | – |
| 26 | Karadağ | 437 | 4.5 | – |
| 27 | Karakoç | 428 | 4.5 | – |
| 28 | Altun | 419 | 4.4 | – |
| 29 | Bulut | 416 | 4.3 | – |
| 30 | Ateş | 403 | 4.2 | – |
How do these counts compare with Ardahan’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 96,161 in 2020, about 32.1 in every 1,000 people in Ardahan are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 28,524 people, 29.7% of the population.1,2
Ardahan lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 2.8% between 2018 and 2020.2
| 2018 | 98,907 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 97,319 |
| 2020 | 96,161 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artvin | Yılmaz4,521 | Aydın2,379 | Çelik2,275 |
| Erzurum | Yılmaz10,909 | Kaya10,622 | Polat9,846 |
| Kars | Kaya6,275 | Aydın5,892 | Yıldız5,657 |
- ArtvinArtvin: also Yılmaz, with 4,521 people in 2020, 1.5 times as many as in Ardahan.
- ErzurumErzurum: also Yılmaz, with 10,909 people in 2020, 3.5 times as many as in Ardahan.
- KarsKars: Kaya leads (6,275 people); Yılmaz, first in Ardahan, ranks 5th there with 3,936.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Ardahan’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 3,131 | Yıldız 2,434 | Çelik 2,124 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 3,049 | Yıldız 2,374 | Çelik 2,059 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 3,087 | Yıldız 2,384 | Çelik 2,055 |
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Eastern Anatolia Region?
Adding the published 2020 lists of the 14 provinces in the same region as Ardahan puts Kaya first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Kaya | 96,713 | 14 |
| Demir | 83,160 | 14 |
| Yılmaz | 71,000 | 14 |
| Çelik | 70,442 | 14 |
| Yıldız | 62,078 | 13 |
| Yıldırım | 57,406 | 13 |
| Aydın | 45,653 | 13 |
| Kılıç | 40,537 | 13 |
Sums cover published province list rows only. Bearers in provinces where a surname is omitted are not included, so these are partial regional totals.1
What changed in Ardahan between 2019 and 2020?
In Ardahan’s top 30 list between 2019 and 2020, no new surname entered; 0 moved up, 10 moved down and 20 kept their rank.
| Surname | 2019 | 2020 | Count change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 1 | 1 | +38 |
| Yıldız | 2 | 2 | +10 |
| Çelik | 3 | 3 | −4 |
| Kaya | 4 | 4 | +5 |
| Kılıç | 5 | 5 | −28 |
| Öztürk | 6 | 6 | −13 |
| Demir | 7 | 7 | −51 |
| Avşar | 8 | 8 | ±0 |
| Aydın | 9 | 9 | +1 |
| Koç | 10 | 10 | −7 |
| Yıldırım | 11 | 11 | −22 |
| Gökçe | 12 | 12 | −15 |
| Aktaş | 13 | 13 | −7 |
| Morkoç | 14 | 14 | +22 |
| Demirci | 15 | 15 | −9 |
| Polat | 16 | 16 | −19 |
| Özer | 17 | 17 | +12 |
| Aydemir | 17 | 18 | +1 |
| Bozkurt | 18 | 19 | −6 |
| Karataş | 20 | 20 | −16 |
| Işık | 21 | 21 | +3 |
| Özdemir | 19 | 22 | −26 |
| Koçak | 22 | 23 | +10 |
| Çoban | 23 | 24 | +10 |
| Aktürk | 24 | 25 | +3 |
| Karadağ | 25 | 26 | +2 |
| Karakoç | 26 | 27 | +7 |
| Altun | 28 | 28 | +8 |
| Bulut | 27 | 29 | +4 |
| Ateş | 29 | 30 | −2 |
| Şit | 30 | Left | — |
Year columns show province rank. Entry and exit refer only to the published list’s cutoff; they do not mean a count of zero.
Sources
- 1Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
- 2Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK ADNKS: Cinsiyete göre nüfus, Türkiye ve 81 il
- 3Natural Earth, Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries